[bksvol-discuss] The Wicked Enchantment, nice for Easter
- From: "Ilene Sirocca" <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:57:46 -0500
Hi,
I have submitted "The Wicked Enchantment" by Margot Benary-Isbert and
thought a validator might like to look at it before Easter. It's a charming
fantasy I read as a child. Here is some of the blurb:
Life in the old cathedral town of Vogelsang had gone on peacefully for many
years, and life for Anemone and her father had always been a happy one. But
strange and disturbing things began to happen. One of the cathedral statues
of a foolish virgin disappeared, and also the figure of the gargoyle that
spouted above it. The mayor dismissed three of the town's most respected
councilors, blaming them for the disappearance. And Anemone, with her dog
Winnie, ran away from home-driven to it by the mean housekeeper and her
horrid son who had made life miserable for Anemone ever since Father
befriended them and took them in.
Even Aunt Gundula, a remarkable person who had been Anemone's mother's
dearest friend and with whom Anemone took refuge, couldn't-at first-
understand why things in the town were at such sixes and sevens. It was
unheard of that the songbirds which had always been welcomed back by the
townspeople each spring were now being caught in nets by the Mayor and his
friends, and that the Mayor had actually forbidden the sale of Easter eggs.
This
was more than Gundula, who each year painted the most beautiful eggs for
miles around, could stand. Slowly, as Easter and the night of the full moon
drew near, Gundula, with the help of her cat, her pet mouse, her parrot-and
of course Anemone-discovered what was at the root of all the trouble.
Thanks,
Ilene
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